compression ridges in New Baldwin grand

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: September 25, 2003 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: compression ridges in New Baldwin grand


>
> Now I will be the first to say, and have many times now.. that Del and
others
> make a real convincing argument about the whole issue.... except for the
fact
> that there are so very very very many people who seem to dissagree... and
so
> very very very many pianos out there that simply do not fit the mold.
They have
> not self imploded, turned sour, lost power and sustain to the point of
being
> hoplessly muslexic. I have a beat to crap old turn of the century
Steinway thats
> been shimmed once.... and otherwise left to decompose... and it still has
8
> seconds of sustain at A6. Lots of power... and no where is that thinned
out dead
> soundboard sound apparent. Lots of false beats mind you... but thats
another
> story. If the compressionist theory was so signficant, and so correct...
this
> kind of exception simply could not happen. Something doesnt wash here.
>
> RicB
>


And I would argue that, relative to the numbers built there aren't all that
many working as well as you suggest. This is called establishing the rule
by looking at the exceptions.

Del